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bedoctor
bedoctor v. 
/biˈdɑktər/
Brit. /bᵻˈdɒktə/
, /bᵻˈdɒktə/U.S. /bəˈdɑktər/
, /bəˈdɑktər//biˈdɑktər/ΘΚΠ
society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (transitive)] > confer degree on > specific degree
doctorate1591
doctor1594
doctorize1600
bedoctor1806
1806 R. Southey Select from Lett. (1856) I. 364 Harry will be bedoctored in July.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. v. 48 The be-doctored wiseacres of all the universities of Europe.
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- to drink more than one can carry
- to drink of the cup of sorrow
- to drink off candle-ends
- to drink off candleends
- to drink one's eyes out
- to drink one's eyes out of one's head
- to drink oneself drunk
- to drink oneself into incoherence
- to drink oneself into spirit
- to drink oneself out of a situation
- to drink oneself silly
- to drink oneself sleepy
- to drink oneself stupid
- to drink oneself tame
- to drink oneself to death
- to drink or eat out of doors
- to drink or lick on the whip
- to drink or lick up on the whip
- to drink or play cop-out
- to drink or play copout
- to drink out of or into
- to drink someone under the table
- to drink supernaculum
- to drink the cup, or chalice, of joy, sorrow, suffering
- to drink the haterade